Fireworks

Clark County residents are gearing up to celebrate the Fourth of July, just a little earlier. The annual Fourth of July celebration at Lykins Park will be on the third this year. "Since the Fourth falls on a Saturday this year, everybody's doing their celebrations on Saturday. ... We were kind of hoping to give everybody an alternative. Go to ours, and you can still go to somebody else's," said Recreation Specialist Jim Snapp. Snapp works for the Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation Department and is a member of the Fourth of July committee.

Fireworks and the Fourth of July go hand-in-hand like baseball and hotdogs. The annual fireworks show and July 4 celebration at Lykins Park has been a summer staple in the community for decades, but that could soon end because of a lack of funding. The event, which was sponsored by the Clark County government for many years but now is sponsored by the Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation Department, is funded mostly by community donations. But this year, those donations are slow coming in, which has caused organizers to have to make some changes to the original plans for the celebration.

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On July 3, Richard and Rhonda Jones enjoyed a meal and fireworks with family and friends. Mark and Gina Douglas and daughter, Lauren, have moved from this area to Dothan, Ala. Gina will teach in the local high school and Lauren will attend the local elementary school. On Sunday afternoon, Homer Emerson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, visited his cousin Evelyn Hill and her daughter, Effie Pendleton. He took the ladies to Cracker Barrel for the evening meal with dessert being enjoyed upon their return home.

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Fireworks schedule Fourth of July fireworks displays are planned throughout the area this holiday weekend: Lincoln County: 10:30 p.m. Monday at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds Boyle County: 9:40 p.m. Monday at the Boyle County Fairgrounds; attendees should park at Millennium Park. In case of rain, fireworks will be set off Tuesday. Casey County: Thunder on the Green Fireworks Show on Monday at Central Kentucky Ag/Expo Center Garrard County: dusk Saturday at Herrington Lake Marina; and dark Monday at Lancaster-Garrard County Recreation Park on U.S. 27 south of Lancaster.

Fireworks displays are planned throughout the area this weekend to commemorate the Fourth of July holiday. Here’s the schedule: Mercer County At dark (between 9 and 9:30 p.m.) Friday Anderson-Dean Community Park, U.S.127 North Lincoln County 10 p.m. Saturday Lincoln County Fairgrounds “Herrington Lights” Hosted by Herrington Lake marinas “Dark-thirty” Saturday Kennedy Bridge Casey County “Thunder on the Green” Fireworks Show About 10 p.m. Saturday Central Kentucky Ag/Expo Center, Liberty Boyle County Fiscal Court/city of Danville At dark Sunday Fireworks will be set off from the Boyle County Fairgrounds; parking for viewing is at Millennium Park.